Logistics guidance for sustainability ahead 
The Smart Freight Center, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and 25 more global companies, including Maersk, which joined only a short while ago, are part of a consortium seeking to co-develop actionable and implementable guidance to quantify the impact of... more
Long HGVs expand European fleet
Freight forwarder Karl Jürgensen has taken delivery of two Krone long HGVs. The type 3 combinations - three-axle motor truck, actively steered Krone dolly and dry liner semitrailer - are 25.25 m long. As special features, the box bodies have double-decker systems and floors... more
Thessaloniki prepares for ULCVs
The Greek port of Thessaloniki posted a container throughput of 471,000 teu in 2021, an uptick of 2.2% compared to 2020 (461,000 teu). The number of vessels calling saw an increase of 7.1%, from 1,286 in 2020 to 1,377 in 2021. Thessaloniki isn't only a hub for the Balkans and... more
Swissport chooses Ilse De Loof
Ilse De Loof will join Swissport as general counsel & company secretary and member of the executive leadership team on 1 April 2022. De Loof served as group general counsel & corporate secretary at the Netherland-based LBC Tank Terminals Group since 2011 and acted as... more
MSK Pharmalogistik finds new location
The family-run pharmaceutical logistics service provider MSK Pharmalogistic from Heppenheim, Germany, is moving into a new location. In the new Panattoni Park Mannheim North, the company is planning a logistics centre certified as GDP (good distribution practice) and GMP (good... more
Delivering poppy seed pods is not funny
At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, CBP agriculture specialists and officers examining arriving international cargo inspected a shipment of manifested “dried flowers.” Inside the packages, they found 2.5 kg of Papaver sp. or poppy seed pods. Since pods such as these... more
Schenker's profit exceeds EUR 1 billion
DB Cargo and DB Schenker, Deutsche Bahn's railfreight and logistics divisions, are on the upswing. DB Cargo carried 6.3% more goods by rail in 2021 than in 2020. Transport performance rose by 7.9% and operating performance on DB's rail network by around 4% to 1.1 billion tkm.... more
Keeping the wheels turning in the air
Within just two weeks, Czech cargo handler Skyport has handled over 11 t of automotive parts across six charter flights from Prague to Girona (GRO) in northeast Spain. Both ATR-42 and Saab 340 aircraft, operated by Air Charter Service (ACS), were utilised to fly the cargo to its... more
French takeover in Singapore
Singapore-based Keppel Logistics is to be Geodis' next acquisition. The takeover is designed to increase the French Group's contract logistics footprint and e-commerce fulfilment services in Singapore and Southeast Asia, as CEO Marie-Christine Lombard said. Keppel Logistics... more